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The park was established in 1961 as a National Monument by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to preserve the neglected remains of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and many of its original structures. The canal and towpath trail extends along the Potomac River from the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland, a distance of 184. ...
HAER No. MD-71, "Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, McCoy's Ferry Road Culvert, Mile 110.42 of C & O Canal National Park, Big Spring, Washington County, MD", 2 photos, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page HAER No. MD-72, " Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Prather's Neck Road Culvert, Mile 108.74 of C & O Canal National Park, Big Spring, Washington County, MD ", 3 ...
December 10, 1980 [1] Power Plant and Dam No. 5, also known as Honeywood Dam, comprises a dam on the Potomac River, originally built for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and a power plant built to take advantage of the river's flow to generate hydroelectric power. The dam is included in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park .
The Paw Paw Tunnel is a 3,118-foot-long (950 m) canal tunnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O) in Allegany County, Maryland. [ 1] Located near Paw Paw, West Virginia, it was built to bypass the Paw Paw Bends, a six-mile (9.7 km) stretch of the Potomac River containing five horseshoe-shaped bends. The town, the bends, and the tunnel take ...
Riley's Lock. / 39.069167; -77.340877. Riley's Lock (Lock 24) and lock house are part of the 184.5-mile (296.9 km) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (a.k.a. C&O Canal) that operated from the 1830s through 1923 along the Potomac River in the United States. They are located at towpath mile-marker 22.7, next to Seneca Creek, in Montgomery County, Maryland ...
10-acre (40,000 m 2) complex with historic 1908 Bussard Farmstead farmhouse, barn, assorted farm buildings and an activity center. Airmen Memorial Museum. Suitland. Prince George's. Capital. Military. history of enlisted airmen from 1907 to the present day. Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery. Catonsville.
Added to NRHP. November 15, 1978. Seneca Aqueduct — or Aqueduct No. 1 — is a naviduct that carries the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O) over Seneca Creek in Montgomery County, Maryland. The C&O built eleven aqueducts along its 184.5 miles (296.9 km) length. Seneca Aqueduct is a unique structure, not only being the first built, but also the ...
The building, which is called Canal Place, is operated by the National Park Service and includes the station for the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad and a visitors center for the C&O Canal National Historic Park. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The Hagerstown station was added to the National Register of ...